IN CHICAGOLAND, the ground is covered by snow… and my house is festooned (how often do you get to use that word?) with lights…It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Good thing too, since today is Christmas Eve. It’s hard to believe it’s the end of 2009 already. Since…
A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, when I was the author guest at the Chicago Horror Film Festival, I met Chicago Filmmaker John Borowski, who has been featured on the History Channel – he wrote and directed the serial killer documentaries H.H. Holmes and Albert Fish. We hit it off pretty well,…
SOMEDAY I HOPE to meet Nerine Dorman. A South African writer, editor, photographer, model and musician, I “met” her through a Yahoo Group many years ago, and we’ve been in touch off and on ever since. During that time, I’ve gone on to publish books, and now she’s on the…
OK, FOR EVERYONE who’s never gotten to walk or drive across the Golden Gate Bridge… this one’s for you. I’ve done both now (it’s much easier to drive it!) On my way back to San Francisco after exploring the small seaside towns of Jenner and Bodega Bay an hour or…
I PROBABLY won’t get to posting about the second half of my San Francisco trip for a bit, but in the meantime, here is perhaps the best horror movie trailer that isn’t a trailer of all time: Thanks to Jeff Strand for finding and poaching this first!
TAXIS ONLY SHOW UP early when you’re not ready. Otherwise, they’re late when you really need to be… on the road! This morning, my cab was early. He sat in the drive as I pulled my son’s socks on for him since mom was in the shower, gulped a half…
Let the tour begin… LAST WEEKEND, I sent out a hurried edition of my e-newsletter as I was heading out to be an author guest at Zombie Con X in Milwaukee where the paperback edition of The 13TH debuted.  If you’re not a subscriber to the monthly update, you can join here:…
OK. IT’S ALL ABOUT to get crazy again. Tomorrow I’m off to Milwaukee for the weekend to guest at ZombieConX… which will also serve as the launchpad for the mass market paperback release of The 13th. Leisure Books shipped the first box, hot of the press, directly to the hotel… so…
ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009, I started writing my fourth novel, Siren, in my usual “writing night” haunt at Rizzo’s in Naperville, IL. Six months later, on August 3rd, I finished the final chapter in my usual spot – booth #11 – at Rizzo’s. In between were many writing nights at…
YESTERDAY, A FEW BLOCKS from where I work, a convicted armed robber escaped from his escort on the way to a court sentencing. The guy changed clothes with one of his former guards, hijacked a car and then ditched it not far away — in the parking lot next to the…
